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13 mins read|07/04/24This is an excerpt from chapter 2 of The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics, edited by John Bombaro and Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing 2016).
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9 mins read|05/26/21God bestows faith that it should deal not with ordinary things, but with things no human being can master such as death, sin, the world, and Satan.
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8 mins read|05/19/21If the Risen Christ is ushering in a new kingdom and a new creation, then maybe we shouldn’t be surprised to see some earth-shaking and mind-blowing things taking place.
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11 mins read|04/16/21Jesus rejects what we believe is most necessary and instead points us to his pain, suffering, death, and self-sacrifice.
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8 mins read|04/12/21Jesus’s touch of this leper is the touchstone of the gospel itself. It’s a living parable of his entire ministry.
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16 mins read|08/03/20Miracles, for all their wonder and encouragement, rely on the dazzling of our senses to work. Because miracle-faith produces sensory-faith, it is of a poor quality.
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11 mins read|07/26/20Jesus’ miracle in this sermon, then, is a type of the compassion He has for your hearers. While they certainly have many physical needs, your hearers also (more fundamentally) need Jesus’ mercy and forgiveness.
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19 mins read|11/13/19The stilling of the seas is not so much a parable of words but a parable of actions. Jesus shows his apostles that they were seeing but not perceiving, hearing but not understanding who he was.
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7 mins read|02/06/18In short, the life of Christ is perfect justice and perfect grace on display.
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10 mins read|12/18/17Her name meant “Rebel” or “Rebellion”. In a culture where your name was thought to reveal your whole character, either in a prophetic sense or as it was known and manifested, it was an interesting choice.
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7 mins read|08/10/17Not afraid, Jesus decided to take a different mode of transportation across the rough waters—his feet.
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10 mins read|06/05/16We're of little faith. Or rather, we have big faith, but it’s in something else. Our faith is in our ability to control situations, manipulate them to our advantage.
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